Australian Motorcyclist – June 2017

19th - 29th August 2017

A 10 day adventure ride re-tracing the

expedition of Burke & Wills from

Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria

and welcoming people of Nepal. Not
forgetting mythical Kathmandu: a
heaving, fascinating, unique mixture
of traditions and the modern age.”
Like a lot of travel writers, Michael
doesn’t seem to know the difference
between ‘mythical’ and ‘mystical’. If
Kathmandu was mythical, neither
Vintage Rides nor anyone else would
be riding there. Ah well...
Their English is presumably
translated from the French, offering
things like “an elephant-back ride to
soak up... luxurious vegetation”
and a “venture into the hostile
jungle”, but you do get an English-
speaking guide. This tour does not
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Vintage Rides by way of their
website, http://www.vintagerides.travel,
to make arrangements. You can
give them your number and they’ll
call you back.
I have not travelled with Vintage
Rides, although they did invite me

• but I was otherwise engaged. The
  reason I have chosen them, and
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like the way they present themselves

and I love the country and its people;

I’ve spent a bit of time there myself.

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suspect they would be just right for

the environment. Let’s leave the last,

slightly confused, word with Michael:

“Stemming from a dual passion

for adventure travel and the Royal

Nepal is an easy country to love, with

friendly, down-to-earth people and a

staggering variety of scenery and wildlife. I

have to admit, though, that it is one of only

two countries in the world where I have

had something stolen. He or she probably

needed the jumper more than I did...